These cases are not easy for prosecutors. Kudos to those officials willing to take a case with challenges to a jury. Companies do not commit tax fraud, people do. When acting
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Research confirms what common sense tells USA whistleblowers (like other witnesses) are often indispensable to the investigation and prosecution of a fraud case
Medicare fraud committed by nursing homes, hospices and other long term care facilities is on the rise. Improper billing for services never rendered, or billing for services
High praise goes to this BP whistleblower for standing up against the exploiting of California taxpayers by a global oil company accused of illegally hiking the price it
Medicare and Medicaid fraud is of a magnitude that shocks the American public. Home healthcare providers engaged in false and otherwise improper billing – whether
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award payout between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer who reported
Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the federal government over its role in the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP today was named to the National Law Journal's prestigious Plaintiffs' Hot List for the eighth year. The award is given each year to law
"A measure that would offer financial incentives for auto industry employees to expose safety defects won unanimous backing from a U.S. Senate panel today. The vote
The CFTC, like the SEC and many other government agencies, is fully entitled to utilize the administrative legal system for adjudication of its enforcement actions against
"The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether companies are muzzling corporate whistleblowers. In recent weeks the agency has sent letters to a number
"The Justice Department will "double down" on its efforts to prosecute individuals culpable for corporate crimes, the agency's acting No. 2 official said today. Speaking
"MetLife Home Loans LLC has agreed to pay the United States $123.5 million to resolve allegations that MetLife Bank N.A. (MetLife Bank) violated the False Claims Act
"Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the federal government over its role in the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial
Ms. Fleischman's story is the story of many financial fraud whistleblowers. It is important to report on financial immediately. To do that effectively, whether as a whistleblower
It is said that the best way to prevent labor organizing is for a company to treat workers with respect and dignity, to pay them well and provide benefits they deserve. The
Whistleblower programs work. For those in corporate America who prefer that fraud go unrecognized and unreported, this development is not positive. So it comes as
Medicare and Medicaid fraud is ubiquitous in our health care system. The qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is a valuable tool for whistleblowers to use in
Starting in 2009, our client Kyle Lagow alerted the federal government to Countrywide's mortgage fraud scheme. Now, billions of dollars in settlements later, the
"(Reuters) - Ratings firm Standard & Poor's will pay $1.5 billion to resolve a series of lawsuits over its ratings on mortgage securities that soured in the run up to
